{"id":2203724,"date":"2024-02-05T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2203724"},"modified":"2024-02-04T23:32:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T14:32:51","slug":"south-korea-russia-ties-worsen-amid-north-korea-ukraine-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/02\/south-korea-russia-ties-worsen-amid-north-korea-ukraine-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea-Russia ties worsen amid North Korea, Ukraine differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.kr\/www\/brd\/m_4080\/view.do?seq=374624&amp;page=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">visited Seoul<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Friday for talks with South Korean officials amid concerns over Russia\u2019s military cooperation with North Korea. Discussions with Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Byung-won focused on the Ukrainian war and bilateral relations. South Korea expressed a strong stance against Russia\u2019s increasing military ties with Pyongyang, urging \u201cresponsible behavior\u201d from Moscow, particularly regarding the rights of South Korean businesses and citizens in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rudenko\u2019s visit also included <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.kr\/www\/brd\/m_4080\/view.do?seq=374625&amp;page=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">talks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with South Korea\u2019s top nuclear envoy, Kim Gunn, who emphasized the need for Russia to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions, including ceasing all military cooperation with North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rudenko\u2019s visit to Seoul came at a time of deepening diplomatic rifts between South Korea and Russia, primarily due to their conflicting stances on North Korea and Ukraine. South Korea condemned the transfer of weapons between North Korea and Russia as a direct violation of United Nations Security Council sanctions at a council meeting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/press.un.org\/en\/2024\/sc15568.doc.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in January<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/12\/04\/ukraine-counteroffensive-us-planning-russia-war\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in December that South Korea became \u201ca larger supplier of artillery ammunition for Ukraine than all European nations combined\u201d through the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, in response to President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s remark where he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2024\/01\/yoon-calls-north-korea-irrational-group-for-developing-nuclear-weapons\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the North Korean regime as \u201can irrational group that has legalized the preemptive use of nuclear weapons,\u201d Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mid.ru\/en\/foreign_policy\/news\/1929096\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his remarks were \u201cblatantly biased\u201d and that \u201csuch statements are designed to obscure aggressive plans as regards the DPRK.\u201d The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20240203001051315?section=national\/diplomacy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">summoned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Russia\u2019s ambassador to South Korea, Georgy Zinoviev, to formally protest Zakharova\u2019s comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite worsening diplomatic relations, South Korea\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/12\/how-south-korea-balances-its-energy-trade-with-russia-amid-western-sanctions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">energy trade<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Russia will likely remain unaffected. Russia\u2019s capacity to threaten to cut off energy supplies to South Korea is undermined by its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/india-has-russia-kremlin-over-crude-oil-barrel\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">financial constraints<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to Western sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/business-economy\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Business &amp; Economy<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/defense-security\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Defense &amp; Security<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko visited Seoul on Friday for talks with South Korean officials amid concerns over Russia\u2019s military cooperation with North Korea. Discussions with Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Byung-won focused on the Ukrainian war and bilateral relations. South Korea expressed a strong stance against Russia\u2019s increasing military ties with Pyongyang, urging \u201cresponsible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2203725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[24,26,28],"class_list":["post-2203724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefings","tag-business-economy","tag-defense-security","tag-inter-korean-foreign-relations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Korea-Russia ties worsen amid North Korea, Ukraine differences - KOREA PRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/02\/south-korea-russia-ties-worsen-amid-north-korea-ukraine-differences\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Korea-Russia ties worsen amid North Korea, Ukraine differences - KOREA PRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko visited Seoul on Friday for talks with South Korean officials amid concerns over Russia\u2019s military cooperation with North Korea. 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